Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has con­demned calls for crim­i­nal gangs to unite amid on­go­ing protests sur­round­ing the Joshua Sama­roo-Ka­ia Sealy case, de­scrib­ing sup­port for such ap­peals as “sick and evil” and pledg­ing that her Gov­ern­ment will stand firm­ly be­hind law en­force­ment and law-abid­ing cit­i­zens.

The ANSA McAL Group host­ed its Grow­ing with Guyana net­work­ing cock­tail and busi­ness show­case at the Mar­riott in George­town, bring­ing to­geth­er the Pres­i­dent of the Co­op­er­a­tive Re­pub­lic of Guyana, Dr Mo­hamed Ir­faan Ali, along­side se­nior gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials, busi­ness lead­ers, part­ners and col­leagues from T&T and Guyana for an evening of strate­gic di­a­logue and col­lab­o­ra­tion.

Akim Tou­s­saint and Nicholas Grant both scored beaver-tricks to lead T&T Po­lice Ser­vice to an em­phat­ic 14-1 thump­ing of Carib for the largest win of the sea­son in the men’s Open Di­vi­sion of the T&T Hock­ey Board (TTHB) Out­door 30-minute Sev­en-A-Side League on Fri­day night.

Love may write the vows, but log­ic en­forces the terms. In a world where emo­tion dri­ves our de­ci­sions and ro­mance is glo­ri­fied in books, songs, and sil­ver screens, it’s easy to for­get that mar­riage, at its core, is as much a busi­ness as it is a union of hearts.

Po­lit­i­cal par­ties make many promis­es on the cam­paign trail to con­vince the pub­lic that they are best suit­ed to gov­ern, as hon­ey at­tracts more vot­ers than the vine­gar of re­al­i­ty.